Reality Check Radio

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Steve Wilson is currently employed with the City of Rockledge as Community Advocate/Assistant to the City Manager.  Steve’s role as Community Advocate sends him in a number of different directions with the City.  As Community Advocate, he is the person of contact for Rockledge residents that have issues or concerns that need to be addressed.  Often times residents may have a question, but simply don’t know who to contact.  Steve is the person to call.  He can either help you, or point you in the right direction for assistance.

Steve also works closely with the Rockledge Police Department on their Neighborhood Watch (NW) program.  Although NW is a law enforcement initiative, Steve attends all NW meetings as a representative of City Hall.  He is there to answer questions that are Read More »

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.. as the President and Founder of KLD Kevin Deaton personifies and lives the foundations’ commitment to the mission, to educate and empower the youth of Brevard. By conveying a solid belief that they “Can” and by serving the entire child; mind, body and soul they are able to see great gain in achievement.  Kevin’s goal is to provide a safe place, effective education, and the knowledge to make healthy positive life decisions and ultimately, for youth to believe “All things are possible.”

The KLD Youth Foundation was founded in 2002, conceived from a vision to effectively equip a generation in need. The founder, Kevin Deaton, was merely 20 years old when he, his wife, and his foster mother formed the not-for-profit organization. The foundation’s vision is simple: to EQUIP, ENHANCE and EMPOWER this generation, one life at a time.
As a hometown boy, Kevin was a star athlete at Merritt Island High being the first two time All American in two sports.  Upon graduating Kevin was offered a full Read More »

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After numerous years in the streets of the Bronx playing the role of a real life Criminal, Wayne decided to turn his life around after an arrest in 1999.

Wayne took up acting and from his first acting class to now, Wayne has acted in over 70 films. Most notably “Uptown Girls” opposite Brittany Murphy, “The Guru” opposite Heather Graham, “Law and Order” opposite Vincent Donofrio and “Rescue Me” starring Dennis Leary.

After a few years honing his craft Wayne decided to make an autobiographical movie about his crazy days in the Bronx. The film is called “Bronx Paradise”. The reviews on the film are fantastic and it has won 16 awards including 9 best pictures on the festival circuit. The film is currently playing in Video on Demand across the country.

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 I, Larry Lawton the President of Lawton911 and the Reality Check Program will open my heart and tell all about my past, my crimes, being tortured in prison and how I founded the Reality Check Program. 

I get a lot of calls asking me about my story.  A book is in the works as is a TV show and eventual movie.  I will give you a preview and tell all.  This will be a dynamic show.    

It is all about saving young people from heading down the path I did.  As I always say, “I don’t believe in bad kids, I believe in bad choices”.

A native Floridian, Judge Clarke was raised in the Tampa Bay area and graduated from Notre Dame Academy, known today as St. Petersburg Catholic High School. Judge Clarke received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida in 1975, and subsequently received her juris doctor from the University of Florida School of law in 1979.

Following law school, Judge Clarke served as an assistant state attorney, assistant public defender, part-time guardian ad litem attorney, and part-time instructor at Brevard Community College’s law enforcement academy.

Judge Clarke was appointed to the county court bench in 1998, by Governor Lawton Chiles. She has run unopposed in subsequent elections. In 2001, Judge Clarke was chosen by her peers to serve as the county court administrative judge.

In 1966, Judge Clarke’s mother, the late Johnnie Ruth Clarke, was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate degree from the University of Florida. Dr. Clarke went on to become a college professor, dean, newspaper columnist, and humanitarian. Her legacy continues to this day, with academic scholarships and a community health clinic in Pinellas County, Florida, that bear her name.

Her father, the late Dr. Johnny L. Clarke, was a dentist in St. Petersburg, Florida, and the source of great pride and inspiration.

Judge Clarke has served on numerous boards and committees including The Haven, American Red Cross, Commission on Mental Health and Community Solutions, Crosswinds, inc., Brevard County Bar Judicial Liaison Committee, and the Florida Bar Association’s Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee.

In 2003, the National Association for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) presented Judge Clarke the Outstanding Leadership and Advocacy Award for her work establishing the first mental health court in Brevard County